Name Andy Raleigh Role Rugby player | Height 1.91 m | |
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Andy Raleigh (born 17 March 1981) is a retired English rugby league player from Huddersfield. He played in Super League for Huddersfield and Wakefield Trinity. He played as a second-row or as a prop.
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Biography
Andy is from Huddersfield and attended All Saints' RC High School from 1992-1997. Andy Raleigh is the son of Walter Raleigh who worked for many years as a teacher at King James's School, Huddersfield. Walter is a massive supporter of Huddersfield and helped Andy greatly in his rise to being a professional rugby player. Andy was also greatly supported by his mum, Eileen, who was a teacher at Royds Hall High School in Huddersfield, but recently retired. He has an older brother, Nicholas, who is also a good rugby player, but never turned professional.
Club career
He previously played for Sheffield Eagles and Hull Kingston Rovers, winning numerous awards in lower divisions before signing for Huddersfield for the start of the 2006 Super League season.
Andy is from Huddersfield and attended All Saints' RC High School from 1992-1997. Andy Raleigh is the son of Walter Raleigh who worked for many years as a teacher at King James's School, Huddersfield. He is a massive supporter of Huddersfield and helped Andy greatly in his rise to being a professional rugby player. He was also greatly supported by his mum, Eileen, who was a teacher at Royds Hall High School in Huddersfield, but recently retired. He has an older brother, Nicholas, who is also a good rugby player, but never turned professional. Raleigh played for Huddersfield in the 2006 Challenge Cup Final at second-row forward against St. Helens but the Giants lost 12-42.
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